If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.

A rebounder, or a shot-blocker for that matter, is always at a disadvantage if he tells himself the only way he can succeed is by out jumping the guy next to him. Sometimes he will have to, but most of the time he will not. Most of my rebounds came from positioning, where I was able to get the ball while in heavy traffic.

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the paper.

Don't knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!

If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court.

To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.